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1943 theatrical poster |
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| Directed by | Irving Pichel |
| Produced by | Kenneth Macgowan |
| Written by | Kathryn Scola |
| Starring | Don Ameche Frances Dee Harry Carey |
| Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
| Editing by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Release date(s) | Dec 3, 1943 |
| Running time | 75 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
Happy Land (1943) is a film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Don Ameche.
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Lew Marsh, a pharmacist to the small community of Hartfield, Iowa, is lunching with his devoted wife Agnes when a telegram arrives notifying them that their only child, Russell, whom they called Rusty, has been killed in action during World War II
An abridged version of MacKinlay Kantor's novel appeared in the The Saturday Evening Post on November 28, 1942 and in the August 1943 issue of Reader's Digest.
Five-year-old Natalie Wood made her screen debut and appears in a bit part in the picture.
Production Dates: 13 Jun--late Jul 1943. According to the Hollywood Reporter, news items, and studio publicity, the picture was shot on location in Santa Rosa, California, with additional scenes being filmed in nearby Healdsburg. The Time magazine review said that some scenes were shot in Sebastopol. A Hollywood Reporter news item stated that the picture would have its premiere in sixty-one theaters in Iowa on December 2, 1943.
Don Ameche starred in a Lux Radio Theatre broadcast of the story on April 10, 1944. A television adaptation of the film was presented on the 20th Century-Fox Hour (CBS Television) in February 1956, under the title "In Times Like These".
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